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Department of Journalism and Mass Communication of Government College for Women, Faridabad in collaboration with Government P.G. College, Panchkula organised a one day webinar on 3rd July 2021 under Abhivyakti series on ‘Photo journalism


Posted on 08/07/2021

Department of Journalism and Mass Communication of Government College for Women, Faridabad in collaboration with Government P.G. College, Panchkula organised a one day webinar on 3rd July 2021 under Abhivyakti series on ‘Photo-Journalism by Ms. Prerna Sodhi, Freelance Photojournalist. She has worked as journalist with The Times of India, India Today and Wall Street Journal(India). In a decade long career, she had dabbled in novel editing, teaching and documentary, photography and videography. She shared her rich experiences with students. She said that for being a good photojournalist, you should follow your intuition and always prepare your mind. She informed students about various camera skills and how to create connections of the photographs with the story. She told students that you can’t instruct your subject while taking picture and also you cannot edit your picture in photo journalism. You only can change brightness and exposure. As it was an interactive session, students asked various questions. She answered all the questions very lucidly and cleared all the doubts. Officiating Principal Ms Ritika Gupta congratulated both the colleges for their collaboration and also highlighted the importance of photographs in Journalism, and how photographs create impact on readers mind. Around 90 students attended the session. Faculty members Ms. Shalini Khurana, Dr Rachna Saini, Mr. Suresh Kumar and Ms Savita Nagar from GCW Faridabad and Mr. Advitya Khurana, Dr Chitra, Mr Naveen Kumar, Mr Anil Pandey, and Ms Shreyasi from Government P.G. College Panchkula were present.